The Oceanographic Institute stated that the thesis was "a major step in understanding the deep circulation of the ocean".

Dr de Lavergne completed his thesis, "Elements of the lifecycle of Antarctic bottom water", two years ago at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, under the supervision of Professor Gurvan Madec. Dr de Lavergne then joined us as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Mathematics and Statistics until just last month. He now works at Laboratoire L'OCEAN, Sorbonne Université, Paris.

We look forward to Dr de Lavergne's visit to the School in March 2019, when he will be joined by Professor Madec.